PalmGuitar expands into new facility - With the introduction of the new v2 models, PalmGuitar, LLC completed a move into a new facility in Oxford, CT. Reporter Marc Silvestrini of the Republican American caught up with PalmGuitar founder Tim Richards in September 2008 to tour the new factory and learn more about the evolution of the company. Appearing in the Business Section of the September 8, 2008 Waterbury, CT based newspaper, the article traces the roots of the how the product was designed and how it continues to evolve. For a full pdf copy of the article, reprinted with permission from the Republican American, please click this link.

Photos from the 2003
NAMM show held in Anaheim, California in January 2003 show a busy booth. At
the show we had hundreds of visitors, each able to play a PalmGuitar®, We
featured a prototype of the PalmGuitar® Basic, two PalmGuitar® Standards,
and one example of the PalmGuitar® Custom. The Custom 4 string bass, drew
lots of attention. Built on the PalmGuitar® platform, the bass used a simple
humbucker pickup, normal bass guitar strings, an ABM bridge and compact bass
tuners. Each of the instruments was hooked up to Korg® Pandora®
processor with headphones.

Though we don’t have
photographs of all of our customers, we do have a few of some of the new
customers we gained at Winter NAMM. Kevin Eubanks was kind enough to send us
these shots of his visit to our booth, and also holding his PalmGuitar®.

For a brief moment in
between greeting dozens of fans, Joe Satriani dropped by the booth to pick
up a PalmGuitar® for his son ZZ, and was kind enough to pose for a photo
with us. Joe started to play the guitar at the age of 14, and among his vast
range of professional accomplishments is that of a gifted guitar teacher.
We're incredibly proud to have heard ZZ Satriani jam on a PalmGuitar® in his
formative years. Stay tuned for more ZZ ...

One of our favorite
customers is "Karaoke Karl" Detken, an executive for Pioneer Audio. So far,
Karl has logged close to 350,000 miles with his PalmGuitar®. Many of you
have asked, “Can you actually play a PalmGuitar on an airplane?” Karl
suggests, “if you play right handed, choose seat A … the left window.”
Though you can't use any wireless gear in flight, normal headphone amps with
an instrument cord are fine.